Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 7.29% in Q1 2026, up 5307.0% year-on-year from 0.13% in Q1 2025, and down 111.95% on a QoQ basis from 61.02% in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 7.29% in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 5307.0% year-over-year to 7.29% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 7.29%, a 5307.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.26%, up 7638.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 7.29%, down from 61.02% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ADP reached as high as 61.02% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 291.2% in Q4 2024.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 44.04% across 5 years, with a median of 29.85% in 2022.
- Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 25747 bps in 2024 and soared 35222 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 93.98% in 2022, then soared by 64 bps to 33.73% in 2023, then tumbled by 763 bps to 291.2% in 2024, then soared by 121 bps to 61.02% in 2025, then tumbled by 112 bps to 7.29% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 7.29% in Q1 2026, 61.02% in Q4 2025, and 26.5% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -7.29% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 61.02% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -26.50% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -22.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -60.36% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -291.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -46.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -41.51% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -6.02% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -33.73% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -20.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -15.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -59.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -93.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -29.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -37.96% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -17.68% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.29% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -0.83% |